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BAROQUE & ROCOCO
THE BAROQUE WORLDBarroco (Port. for irregular shaped pearl)
• 16th century influenced by the Reformation and the 17th century by the Counter-Reformation (1600-1715)—the Counter-Reformation reestablished discipline of the church
• Council of Trent: dealt with transubstantiation, purgatory, apostolic succession, celibacy, etc.
• Jesuits became the enforcers of the Counter-Reformation
• Completion of St. Peter’s first major Baroque
architecture
• Decentralization of power in both the church and
the arts Reformation and the rise of the national
state.
• Art for the more than just the church (aristocracy
and bourgeoisie)
• Science: Galileo, Bacon, Kepler, Descartes,
Newton
• Time of absolutism in church and state
THE BAROQUE ART
Characteristics:
• Emotionalism and psychology
• Anti-rationalistic classicism of Renaissance
• Illusionism
• Splendor
• Light and Shade (chiaroscuro)
• Movement (note diagonal line)
• Religious Fervor
• Domestic Intimacy
Caravaggio Calling of St. Matthew 1599-1602
Caravaggio Emmaus
El GrecoThe Burial of Count Orgaz
1586
El Greco The Agony in the Garden 1597-1600
El GrecoThe Burial of Count Orgaz
1586
El GrecoChrist Driving the Traders from the Temple
El GrecoView of Toledo
1597-99
El Greco Portrait of a Cardinal
c. 1600
El GrecoSt. Martin and the Beggar
c. 1604
RubensRape of the Daughters
of Leucippus 1648
RubensThe Raising of the Cross
1609-10
RubensLandscape with the Chateau Steen
1636
Rubens Feast of Venus
Rubens Daniel in the Loin’s Den
Rubens Descent from the Cross
Rubens St. George and the Dragon
Van Dyck Portrait Charles I
1635
Hals Laughing Cavalier
Hals Catharina Hooftand Her Nurse
Hals’ Officers of the Haarlem Militia
Hals Lute Player
Hals Jester with a Lute Player
HalsThe Gypsy Girl
Hals Banquet of the Officers of the St. Georges Civic Guard
Rembrandt Night Watch 1642
RembrandtMan with the Golden
Helmet
Rembrandt Philosopher Reading
Aristotle bust of Homer
Rembrandt Aristotle and bust of
Homer
Rembrandt Self-portrait
Ruisdael The Jewish Cemetery
Ruisdael Windmill Near Wijk
RuisdaelSunlight on the Waterfront
VermeerThe Milkmaid
VermeerWoman in Blue reading a Letter
Vermeer The Girl with a Pearl Earring
Vermeer Girl reading a Letter at an
Open Window
Vermeer Woman Holding
a Balance
Bernini’s Saint Peter’s Square1656-57
Bernini David1623
Bernini The Ecstasy of Saint
Teresa of Avila1645-52
Bernini The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Avila
1645-52
Bernini Dauphene and Apollo
Gaulli Triumph of the Name of Jesus
1676-79
Cortona Triumph of Barberini
1633-39
Atemisia Judith with the Head of
Holofernes1625
Velazquez The Maids of Honor
1656
VelazquezInnocent X
c. 1650
Velazquez Old Woman Frying Eggs
Perrault Louvre, Paris 1667-70
Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, ca. 1678
Wren St. Paul’s Cathedral
1675-1710
Other Baroque art forms
• Music: Bach, Vivaldi
• Dance: Ballet
• Literature: John Donne, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, Cervantes